Death with Dignity National Center

Death with Dignity National Center

Formation	December 30, 1994; 30 years ago (1994-12-30)^[1]
Type	Education, defense, and advocacy
Tax ID no.	93-1162366^[2]
Legal status	501(c)(3) nonprofit organization^[2]
Purpose	To promote death with dignity laws based on model legislation, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, both to provide an option for dying individuals and to stimulate nationwide improvements in end-of-life care.^[3]
Headquarters	Portland, Oregon
Coordinates	45°31′12″N 122°40′41″W / 45.519913°N 122.677953°W / 45.519913; -122.677953
President, Board of Directors	George Eighmey, JD^[4]
Executive Director	Peg Sandeen, PhD, MSW^[5]
Revenue	$799,581^[6] (2017)
Expenses	$674,979^[6] (2017)
Endowment	$62,577 ₍₂₀₁₇₎^[6]
Employees	6^[6] (2016)
Volunteers	10^[6] (2016)
Website	deathwithdignity.org
Formerly called	The Oregon Death with Dignity Legal Defense and Education Center^[1]

Suicide
Social aspects ACEs Altruistic Bullying List of suicides attributed to bullying Copycat Dysfunctional family Emotional isolation Epidemic Identity performance Legislation Loneliness Philosophy Religious views Right to die School bullying Shame Social alienation Social defeat Social exclusion Social invisibility Social isolation Social rejection Social media and suicide Social rejection Social support Toxic workplace Voluntary euthanasia Workplace bullying
Crisis Assessment of risk Beck Hopelessness Scale Crisis hotline (list) IS PATH WARM? SAD PERSONS scale Intervention Prevention Suicide attempt Suicide watch
Types and methods Assisted Bullying and suicide (list) Cop Copycat Familicide Forced Hanging Honor Jauhar Jumping Mass Murder–suicide Pact Internet Pilot Prayopavesa Prisoner suicide Rail Sallekhana Sati Self-sacrifice Senicide Seppuku Sokushinbutsu Suicide attack Vatakkiruttal Vehicle collision
Epidemiology Gender differences LGBTQ people Mormon Methods Rate by country Seasonal effects Suicidal person Youth mental health crisis Youth suicide
History List of suicides LGBTQ suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century
In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide mission
Related phenomena Anguish Alcoholism Anhedonia Animal loss Anxiety disorder Asperger syndrome Autism spectrum Conditions comorbid to autism Biology of depression Epigenetics of depression Causes of mental disorders Chronic condition Chronic pain Coping Coping planning Depression (mood) Diseases of despair Diseases of poverty Echo chamber Existential crisis Financial crisis Grief suicide bereavement Ideation Interpersonal relationships Locations Major depressive disorder Mental disorder Mental health first aid Neurodevelopmental disorder Non-suicidal self-injury Perfectionism Personal finance Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Poverty Psychological first aid Psychological stress Psychological trauma Schizophrenia Self-harm Self-hatred Substance abuse Suffering Suicidal ambivalence Suicide and the Internet Suicide and trauma Suicide awareness Suicide in colleges in the United States Suicide in music subcultures Suicide note Suicide survivor Suicide terminology Suicide tourism Suicidology Warning signs of suicide
By country Rate by country Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh Cameroon Canada China France Greenland India Iran Ireland Japan Lesotho Lithuania Nepal Pakistan Romania Russia Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom United States
Organizations Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society
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Euthanasia
Part of a series on
Types
Animal Child Voluntary (Mental illness) Non-voluntary Involuntary
Views
Bodily integrity Culture of life Euthanasia and the slippery slope Free will Freedom of choice Religious Buddhist Catholic Right to die Right to life
Groups
Care Not Killing Compassion & Choices Death with Dignity National Center Dignitas Exit International Final Exit Network Hemlock Society World Federation of Right to Die Societies
People
Jack Kevorkian Philip Nitschke Barbara Coombs Lee
Books
Final Exit The Peaceful Pill Handbook The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia
Jurisdictions
Australia Belgium Canada India Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Spain Switzerland United Kingdom United States Uruguay
Laws
1994 Oregon Ballot Measure 16 Rights of the Terminally Ill Act 1995 (Australia) Baby Doe Law Washington Death with Dignity Act
Alternatives
Assisted suicide Palliative care Principle of double effect Palliative sedation
Other issues
Consistent life ethic Eugenics Euthanasia device Groningen Protocol Suicide tourism
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Death with Dignity National Center is a 501(c)(3) nonpartisan nonprofit organization, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, that has led the legal defense of and education about Death with Dignity laws throughout the United States for more than 25 years. The Death with Dignity National Center helped write and defend in courts the nation's first successful assisted dying law, the Oregon Death with Dignity Act, protecting the right of persons with terminal illness to control their own death. The Death with Dignity National Center is affiliated with the Death with Dignity Political Fund, a distinct and separately incorporated 501(c)(4) organization responsible for the promotion of death with dignity legislation in other states around the U.S. where medically assisted death has become the law in 9 states and the capital ^[7]:

Oregon

Washington

Vermont

California

Colorado

Washington D.C.

Hawai’i

Maine

New Jersey

New Mexico

^ ^a ^b "Death with Dignity National Center". Business Registry. Corporation Division. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Death With Dignity National Center". Tax Exempt Organization Search. Internal Revenue Service. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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^ "Board of Directors". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
^ "Staff". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Form 990: Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax". Death with Dignity National Center. Guidestar. March 31, 2017.
^ "[1]". Death with Dignity National Center. Retrieved March 4, 2024.